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No. 553,396. Patented Jan. 21', 1896.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT E. DOTY AND RICHARD IV. DOTY, OF VERGENNES, ILLINOIS.

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,396, dated January21, 1896.

' Application filed Aprill9, 1895. Serial No. 546,417. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ROBERT E. DOTY and RICHARD XV. Dorv, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Vergennes, in the county of Jackson andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBaling-Presses; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

Our invention relates to improvements in baling-presses.

The objects of our invention are to provide an improvedplunger-actuating mechanism; to provide an improved tucker mechanism; toprovide means for separating or dividing automatically the bales; toprovide an improved packing-chamber and an improved hopper therefor,and, finally, to so arrange the press-frame that it may be convenientlymounted upon trucks in a folded condition for moving from place toplace.

With these and other objects in view, which will presently appear, ourinvention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafterfully described and claimed, and illus trated by the accompanyingdrawings, in which Figures 1, 2, and 3 are plan views of theplunger-operating mechanism in different positions. Fig; 4 is a sideelevation of the press. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 6is a sectional plan view. Fig. 7 is a vertical cross-sectional view online '7 '7 of Fig. 4. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of the press mountedupon trucks, the same being folded for conveniently moving it from placeto place. Fig. 9 is a sectional plan view of the forward portion of thepress.

1 are the longitudinal beams of the forward portion of the frame 5 2,the plunger; 3, the plunger-rod, and 4 the guide-rollers supported bybeam A, between which the plungerrod extends. A boxing 5 is secured atan angle to the forward end of rod 3, and pivoted at its rear end in theboxing is arm 6, en-

larged and grooved inward at its outer ex-.

tremity, as indicated at 7.

The ends of beam 1 are connected by cross bar 8, and adapted to turncentrally thereon is a frame consisting of the parallel separated butrigidly-connected plates 9, to which the bifurcated draft-pole 10 issecured for turning the same, as shown. Between the extremities ofplates 9 are the friction-rollers 11 for engaging end 7 of arm 0.

12 is an arm hooked at one end and secured between its ends to thevertical turning bolt 13, and rigidly secured to and extending from saidbolt is arm 14, which is connected by rod 15 to boxing 5. Arms 12 and Itbeing fixed to the turning bolt constitute a lever for drawing theplunger-rod forward through the medium of rod 15, when the hooked arm isengaged by one of rollers 11. The end 16 of arm 12 is extended towardarm or push-bar 6 and serves to position said push-bar laterally duringthe forward movement of the plunger-rod so as to be engaged by roller 11and thus give to the plunger and rod their backward movement.

In operation plates 9 are turned by the draft-pole 10, causing one ofrollers 11 to push backward bar 6 to the position indicated in Fig. 2,when said rollers engage arm 12 at its hooked end, causing the latter toturn and thus drawing forward the plunger-rod in the manner beforedescribed, and at the same time pushing, by the extremity of arm 12, bar6 to the proper lateral position for being again engaged by roller 11for the return movement. A forwardly-extending guard 17 opposite boxing5 holds bar 6 from movement in that direction. Thus it will be seen thatby turning the pole continuously a reciprocal movement is given theplunger, the horse traveling in a circle, as will be understood, and inthe path of travel across beams 1 is the tread-board 18.

Beams 1 overlap baling-chamber 19, extending outside thereof and securedpermanently thereto by the tie-rod 20. The roof and floor, as well asthe longitudinal timbers of the chamber, are extended rearward to form adischarge, but are provided with no other vertical connection than thebolts 21, which are for the purpose of contracting or drawing togetherthe upper and lower portions, thus reducing the size of the dischargeand thus preventing the bales from passing outward from the chamber tooeasily.

Over the entrance to the baling-chamber is arranged a hopper consistingof the end sections 22 remot ably secured by bolts to thebaling-chamber, and the swinging sides 23 are hinged at their loweredges to ends 22. The said sides when opened out have an upwarddivergence, but are adapted to be closed inward or toward each other forthe purpose of compressing the hay into the baling-chamher by thefollowing-described mechanism: Rods 24 are loosely secured to and dependfrom said sides and are connected at their lower ends to bell-cranks 25supported on the outer side of the baling-chamber. The other ends ofthese bell-cranks are connected by the U-shaped connection 26, which isprovided with sufficient slack to extend considerably forward and acrossthe path of plunger 2, as indicated in Figs. 4 and 6, and in dottedlines in Fig. 5. \Vhen the hopper is full of hay the plunger on itsoutward stroke engages U shaped connection 26, which exerts a forwardpull on the bell-crank and causes rods 24 to be moved vertically, whichin effect raises the normally-outward-slopin g hopper sides 23 tosubstantially vertical position, which contracts or compresses the hayin the hopper, so that it more readily passes into the balingchamber.

A wedge shaped tucker 27 is hinged at its forward edge to thebaling-chamber roof and is held normally depressed into the chamber, asshown by springs 28, thus permitting an easy passage of hay into therear portion of the baling-chamber when pushed forward by theplunger,but serving to hold down the portion of the hay riding on the top of theplunger into the main body of the bale and preventing the same frommoving backward in the baling -chamber. In depressions 29 in theopposite sides of baling-chamber are vertical outwardly-swinging tuckers30, which are held normally in a forwardly and outwardly projectedposition by coiled springs 31, so that while said tuckers compress thesprings and are confined in cavities 29 when the hay is passing into thebaling-chamber, the same extend outward and engage the hay as soon asthe pressure is removed and prevent the same from moving backward, as inthe case of the tucker in the upper side of the chamber beforedescribed.

Behind the hopper is a pocket. 32, and extended across the bottomthereof is the support or shelf 33, secured to transverse shaft 34, thelatter having a crank formed on one end carrying weight 35 and at itsopposite end provided with a crank to which is connected thelongitudinally-movable push-rod 36. The transversely-slottedbale-separating heads 37 are adapted to be supported one at a time byshelf 33 in pocket 32, weight 35 being sufficient to counterbalance thehead and hold it within the pocket. For tilting the shelf and permittingthe head to drop into the balingchamber, we provide the endlesssprocketchain 38, running over the idler 39, and the sprocket on shortshaft 40, extending inward over the top of the baling-chamber. The

toothed wheel 41 is carried by the inner end of this shaft and dependsthrough a slot into the baling-chamber and is engaged by the hay as itis moved therein. To chain 38 is secured stop 42, which at each completerevolution of the chain is brought into engagement with and moveslongitudinally rod 36, thus turning down shelf 33 and permitting thehead 37 to drop into baling-chamber, thus separating the packed hay intobales of the desired size. Chain 38 may be of different lengths or morethan one stop may be mounted thereon, so as to vary the size of the baleas desired.

The accuracy of measuring the size of bales in the manner described willbe appreciated when it is considered that the hay engages the toothedwheel at each forward movement in the baling-chamber, so that thequantity of hay passing said wheel to cause a complete rotation thereofis always the same. After the head has been dropped into thebalingchamber, weight 35 will restore shaft 34 and shelf 33, as well asrod 36, to their normal positions, at which time another head may berested thereon ready to-be dropped into the chamber automatically assoon as the predetermined amount of hay has been packed thereinto by theplunger. Thus it will be seen that no watching is necessary at the handof the operator, as the operation is entirely automatic. The heads areslotted in the usual manner, as indicated, for the passage of the wirein tying or wiring the bales.

When the press is folded for moving, as indicated in Fig. 8, tie-rod 20is removed and the tread-board 18, as well as bar-supporting rollers 4,is removed from beams 1, when the said beams are free to be elevatedinto brackets 42 on the outer sides of the press and there securelyheld. A truck 43 is placed beneath forward cross bar 8, while the wheelsare mounted on the rear. axle 44. Rods 24 are then disconnected from thehopper sides, and the latter, together with the ends of the hopper, aredetached and removed, and the pole 10 is turned backward over thebaling-chamher, as shown, with the hopper and the several detached partsloaded thereon ready for removing.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of the plunger rod, an arm pivoted thereto, the powermechanism adapted to engage said arm, the hooked lever arm 12 fixedbetween its ends to a turning bolt, arm 14 also secured to said turningbolt, the rod connecting said last named arm with the plunger rod, thehook on one end of arm 12 adapted to be engaged by the power mechanism,the other extremity of said arm being extended to guide the arm pivotedto the plunger to its proper position for being engaged by the powermechanism, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination of the baling chamber, the brackets arranged on saidchamber, the

longitudinal beams, the mechanism mounted thereon for reciprocating theplunger rod of the press, said beams being adapted to be moved rearwardand supported in the said brackets when the press is moved, and a trunkadapted to be inserted beneath the forward end of said beams,substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination of a baling chamber, a hopper thereforhavingvertically swinging sides, said sides being normally at an outwardincline, the bell-crank levers pivoted to the chamber beneath the hoppersides, the rods connecting said levers and hopper sides, thereciprocating plunger, and the U -shaped connection extended across theplunger path and at its ends connected to the said levers, substantiallyas shown and described.

4. The combination of the baling chamber and operating mechanism, adivision block, a support therefor, a shaft to which said support issecured, a weight carried by the shaft for holding the support in anoperative position, and a mechanism actuated by the hay.

moving in the baling chamber for overcoming said weight and tripping theshaft so as to permit the head to drop into the baling chamber,substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination of a baling chamber, an operating mechanism, adivision block adapted to be supported above the chamber, a transverseshaft, a support fixed to the shaft for supporting the division block inan elevated position, a weighted crank carried by the shaft formaintaining the position of the support, a longitudinally movable rodconnected to a second crank on said transverse shaft, an endless chainprovided with a stop for actuating said push rod, the short shaftprovided with the sprocket over which said chain runs, and the toothedwheel on said short shaft depending and turning in the baling chamber,substantially as shown and described.

I11 testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ROBERT E. DOTY. RICHARD W. DOTY. Vitnesses:

JAS. B. WISELY, E. O. LovEJoY.

